Jackson Dorr

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This is a personal career site. It has no accounts, sign-ups or forms. If you allow it, it measures visits with Google Analytics. The services that run the site see some technical details of every visit.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics runs only if you choose Allow analytics on the cookie banner. Until you choose, or if you choose Decline, its script doesn't load and nothing is sent to Google Analytics.

Once you allow it, a script from Google records each page you view and sends it to Google. It also records when you click a link that leaves this site, such as the link to LinkedIn.

  • What is recorded: the page's address and title, the page you came from, the link you clicked to leave and where it points, the date and time, your browser, device type, operating system, screen size and language, and your approximate location (country, region and city), which Google works out from your IP address.
  • Cookies: once you allow it, Analytics stores two cookies, _ga and _ga_XWCRC21WXW. They hold a random ID so that a return visit counts as the same visitor. They don't contain your name or email address. They last up to two years unless you delete them.
  • Why: to see how many people visit, which pages and links get attention, and where visitors come from.
  • Who receives it: Google. Its servers may be in the United States or other countries. Google says Analytics doesn't store IP addresses. I see reports by page, link, location and device. They aren't tied to your name or email address.
  • How long it's kept: To confirm: the event data retention setting in GA4 (2 or 14 months).
To confirm: whether Google signals and the account's data-sharing settings are on. If they are, say here that Google may use this data for its own products and link it to signed-in Google accounts. If they're off, say so. To confirm: GA4 "enhanced measurement" also records scrolls, file downloads (such as the résumé PDF), site search, video plays and form interactions unless turned off. List any that stay on, or turn off all but outbound clicks.

Hosting and server logs

This site runs on Railway. Like most web servers, it writes a log line for each request, with your IP address, the time, the page you asked for and whether it loaded.

  • Why: to keep the site running and to find and fix problems.
  • Who receives it: Railway, and me.
  • How long it's kept: To confirm: log retention on the Railway plan in use.

Fonts

The site's fonts load from Google Fonts. Your browser fetches them from Google's servers, so Google receives your IP address, your browser details and the page that asked for them. Google Fonts doesn't set cookies.

If you email me

Messages to jacksonddorr@gmail.com are stored by my email provider, Google (Gmail). I use what you send, including your address, only to reply.

Your choice on the cookie banner is saved in your browser's storage for this site, under the name analytics-consent, so the banner doesn't ask again on every page. It stays in your browser and isn't sent to me.

The only other cookie, named session, is set when I sign in to edit the site. Visitors don't receive it.

Your choices

On your first visit, a banner asks whether to allow analytics cookies. Google Analytics loads only if you choose Allow. The site doesn't read Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signals, so use the banner to decline.

What you can do:

  • Change your choice. Use Cookie settings at the bottom of any page. If you switch to Decline, the site deletes the Analytics cookies and reloads the page without Analytics. If you clear this site's data in your browser, the banner asks again.
  • Block Analytics everywhere. Many content blockers, and the tracking protection in some browsers, stop Google Analytics from loading. Google also offers an opt-out browser add-on for desktop browsers. The site works normally either way.
  • Delete or block the cookies. Deleting _ga and _ga_XWCRC21WXW removes the ID. If you allow cookies again, a later visit gets a new one.
  • Block Google Fonts. A content blocker can stop the fonts from loading. The site then uses your device's own fonts.
  • Ask me. Questions or requests go to jacksonddorr@gmail.com. Analytics data isn't linked to your name, so I can't find it from your name or email address. If you send me the value of your _ga cookie, I can ask Google to delete the data linked to that ID.

The server log is written for every request, so the only way to avoid it is not to visit.

Changes

If what this site collects changes, I'll update this page and the date at the top.

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